Did Death Cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?
"Did death cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?" asks the New York Times: When the iconic physicist died on March 14, 2018, data was already in hand that could confirm an ominous and far-reaching prediction he had made more than four decades befo.....»»
Caught in the act: Mammal found with teeth sunk in a much larger dinosaur
New fossil from China captures the last moments of a life-or-death struggle. Enlarge / The two skeletons are completely intertwined. (credit: Gang Han) A new fossil described this week captures two intertwined animals ca.....»»
Stellar cradles and graves observed in farthest galaxy ever
New observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have distinguished the sites of star formation and a possible site of star death from the surrounding nebula in a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away. This is the farthes.....»»
Where to watch Too Hot to Handle season 5
Can a new group of singles abstain from sex and win the $200,000 grand prize? Find out on season 5 of Netflix's Too Hot to Handle......»»
Stellantis issues ‘do not drive" warning for 29,000 Dodge Ram pickups
The warning comes after a May 13 crash involving one of those vehicles resulting in a death from an exploding Takata airbag inflator......»»
Vision Pro parody ad featuring Stephen Fry banned from Apple Music
A Vision Pro parody ad on an album featuring actor Stephen Fry has been banned from an album on Apple Music. The spoof ad for an iHead product was actually created some four years before Apple actually launched a headset (sorry, spatial computer), a.....»»
macOS Sonoma? More like macOS Death Valley.
For the record, Apple didn’t do anything wrong. It simply named macOS after Sonoma which I’m sure is a lovely place. One month after the keynote, however, and I’m thinking macOS Death Valley may be a better fit. more… The post macOS Sonoma?.....»»
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: all cheat codes
Cheat codes are notoriously cryptic and impossible to guess, so here's a full list of the cheats in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and what they unlock......»»
The death of Twitter: Is it real this time, thanks to Threads?
Reports of the death of Twitter have so far been somewhat exaggerated. Musk may have made dumb decision after dumb decision, but each time either did a rapid U-turn shortly afterwards, or the sheer momentum of Twitter as the default social media app.....»»
Cognitive flexibility moderates teacher stress, shows study
As part of their work, educators are often exposed to various stressful events, including violence between students or towards teachers, sexual assault and suicidal behavior, as well as death or illness of students or their family members......»»
Paris riots: When police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as Nahel M. An investigation into his death is ongoing but the situation has already triggered protest and anger. Whatever the investigati.....»»
SpaceX launches groundbreaking European dark energy mission
SpaceX is filling in for ESA as European rockets face delays. Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket soars through the sky over Cape Canaveral with Europe's Euclid space telescope. (credit: Stephen Clark/Ars Technica) A Euro.....»»
Death toll rises to 7 in fungal meningitis outbreak; cases at 34, 161 at risk
Anyone exposed should get medical care and testing immediately, even without symptoms. Enlarge / One of the medical clinics suspended by Mexican health authorities in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on May 19, 2023. (credit: Gett.....»»
Zeroing in on the workings of tumor suppressor protein p53, the "guardian of the genome"
The tumor suppressor protein p53 has been dubbed the "guardian of the genome" because it protects the DNA from stress or long-term damage by regulating the expression of numerous genes involved DNA repair, cell division and cell death. Now, FMI resea.....»»
The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored]
John O’Keefe shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scienti.....»»
Where to watch The Match: Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce vs. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson
A showdown between the NFL and the NBA will be featured in The Match as Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce face off against Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson......»»
Lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough dies, aged 100
A moment’s thought, please, for John B. Goodenough – the professor of engineering who won a Nobel Prize for development of the lithium-ion batteries that power most of our portable devices. He was also notable for his earlier work on the technol.....»»
John Goodenough, Nobel laureate and lithium ion battery pioneer, dies at 100
Goodenough was 97 when he received the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry — along with Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino — for their respective research into lithium-ion batteries......»»
John Goodenough, Nobel laureate and lithium-ion battery pioneer, dies at 100
Goodenough was 97 when he received the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry — along with Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino — for their respective research into lithium-ion batteries......»»
Study reports first realization of a Laughlin state in ultracold atoms
The discovery of the quantum Hall effects in the 1980s revealed the existence of novel states of matter called "Laughlin states," in honor of the American Nobel prize winner who successfully characterized them theoretically. These exotic states speci.....»»
MacGyver Challenge: Death Valley Blowout
Think you could MacGyver your way out of a dangerous situation? Solve this emergency scenario in a creative way and your solution could be featured in the next issue of Make: magazine! Submit your answer down below by June 30. Written by MacGy.....»»